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City approves police officer Riemersma’s extra training

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Mark Riemersma After playing a major role in solving two crimes via the Internet, Wayland Police Officer Mark Riemersma has been given the green light to undergo training for a special task force. The Wayland City Council Monday evening approved a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Immigration and Customs...
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GVL Excavating’s sand mining proposal approved

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The Leighton Township Board Thursday evening agreed to let GVL Excavating move ahead with plans to remove sand at 329 144th Ave. to prepare a site for residential development. The board voted 4-0 for an ordinance amendment that would remove a stipulation that the operation’s outlet be on a County...
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Addresses, landmarks on Reno Drive are confusing

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To the editor: For several years I have been frustrated with your articles about city land and business purchases along Reno and 133rd Avenue.  My frustration?  The street addresses do not line up with landmarks.  This has occurred many times. Re: Planning Commission approval for multi-residential zoning for land owned by the...
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City plans to offer citizens master plan survey on line

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The City of Wayland will affix a master plan survey to its Internet web site and Facebook page in an effort to get a lot of public input in a quick and efficient manner. Zoning Administrator Lori Castello told members of the Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday night that municipalities...
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Plan Commission OKs rezoning request for 133rd

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The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a rezoning request from Award Enterprises for a parcel on the southern edge of town on 133rd Avenue. Award Enterprises, which plans to buy the site from the City of Wayland for about $150,000, was seeking rezoning from I-1 light industrial to...
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Gravel mining special use request in Watson denied

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The Watson Township Planning Commission has turned down a request for a special use permit from North Star Aggregates to gravel mine at a site on 12th Street. Watson Township Supervisor Kevin Travis told his board colleagues Thursday night of the decision. The supervisor explained that North Star has acknowledged...
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Hopkins Twp., Village plan to forge sewer agreement

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Hopkins Township and the Village of Hopkins Tuesday evening are expected to vote on a 425 agreement to provide village sewer services to 25 properties along 12th Street from 135th Avenue south to 130th adjacent to the U.S.-131 expressway. Wayland City Manager Josh Eggleston told the council Monday night that...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Sept. 30, 1996 Wayland High School in the mid-1960s. Area school administrators are poring over Michigan Assessment Program (MEAP) results that just came in. Former Hopkins Board of Education Trustee Christine Schwartz...
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Dorr OKs sewer, water for sustainable business park

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This is a prototype of the material for roofing, celings and siding that will be manufactured at the sustainable business park in Dorr Township. Plans for the sustainable business park in Dorr Township took another step forward Thursday night when the Township Board unanimously approved the extension of sewer and...
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Sustainable Business Park anchor tenant announced

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The TV screen shows a map of the proposed sustainable business park in Dorr Township. Consultants with the Sustainable Business Park project in northeast Dorr Township Tuesday night revealed that the anchor tenant on the 250-acre parcel will be Continuous Materials, which takes waste plastics and paper to manufacture reusable...
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